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Elevate is the second studio album by American boyband Big Time Rush. It was released on November 21, 2011 by Columbia Records in association with Nickelodeon. The band worked with accomplished songwriters and producers for the album. These include those that assisted with the material from their debut album, such as Emanuel Kiriakou, Lindy Robbins, Nicholas RAS Furlong, Damon Sharpe, Eric Sanicola and Lucas Secon, along with other notable songwriters and producers, such as JR Rotem, Christopher Stewart, The-Dream, Jay Sean, and Ryan Tedder. The production process of the album took place between nine months to a year, most of which was during their touring process.
The album acts as the soundtrack to the Nickelodeon television series, Big Time Rush, which features songs that appeared in the series’ second season and the upcoming television movie, Big Time Movie. Following the success of their first release, the band was inspired to be more involved in the writing process for this album, writing together or separately a total of eight songs. Elevate is mainly a pop and dance album, which incorporates elements of several musical genres such as electropop, urban pop, synthpop and rock. The first single from Elevate, "Music Sounds Better with U", was released on November 1, 2011. The single was a Top 25 hit on the US Billboard Pop Songs chart.
Promotion
TeenNick hosted a listening party in support of the band's new album, premiering every song on the album along with playing episodes that contain songs from the album and playing the music video for the first single, "Music Sounds Better". Nickelodeon hosted a thirty minute special called Big Time Rush: Music Sounds Better With U in which scenes from the bands tour and studio recording sessions are compiled together for airing.[1] The scenes feature information about the recording and production of the album.[1]
Better With U Tour
A tour for the album was announced in early fall 2011, with the title “Better With U” taken from the album’s first single. The tour began on February 17, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada and ended at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on March 9, 2012. Jojo and One Direction were the opening acts for the tour. While visiting the United Kingdom in 2012, the band revealed 4 alternate covers for the album exclusive to the country, each one featuring individual pictures of each of the members and an autograph. These Special Editions were released at the same time the regular UK edition did (February 6th) and share the same tracklist. These special covers are presented in slipcase package.[2][3][4][5]
Singles
"Music Sounds Better With U", featuring Mann, was released as the album's lead single on November 1, 2011. The music video was released November 12, 2011 during their brand new special, Big Time Rush: Music Sounds Better With U.
Promotional singles
"If I Ruled the World", featuring Iyaz, was released on July 22, 2011. The music video was released July 23, 2011 and features the guys traveling and performing for their fans. It was predicted as a Future Hit by This Must Be Pop.[6]
Commercial performance
Elevate debuted at number twelve on the US Billboard 200, selling over 70,000 copies (according to Billboard) in its first-week. It's the band's highest first-week album sales, their debut album BTR sold 67,000 copies on its first week. as of May 4, 2012 Elevate has sold over 240,799 copies in the U.S. so far according to Nielsen Soundscan.[7]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Blow Your Speakers" | Matt Palmer, Pascal Guyon | Fraser T. Smith | 3:12 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Paralyzed" | Matt Squire, Pierre Bouvier, Charles Comeau | 3:11 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Epic" | James Maslow | 3:26 |
Charts
| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200[8] | 12 |
| US Digital Albums | 11 |
| US Kid Albums | 1 |
| US Soundtracks | 1 |
| German Album Charts | 33 |
| Irish Album Charts [9] | 61 |
| Polish Albums Chart[10] | 16 |
| UK Albums Chart | 72 |
| Mexican Album Charts | 13 |
